Review
Agricultural Engineering
Lina Martinez-Valencia, Dane Camenzind, Mark Wigmosta, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Michael Wolcott
Summary: The production of renewable fuels is crucial in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, and the collection of raw materials for this production can provide additional benefits. However, there is a lack of comprehensive literature on equipment selection and cost estimation in supply chains for renewable fuels. This research aims to gather information necessary for constructing models that can drive the identification of feasible supply chains.
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Farhad Hossain Masum, Ed Coppola, John L. Field, Daniel Geller, Sheeja George, Jonathan L. Miller, Michael J. Mulvaney, Sanjay Nana, Ramdeo Seepaul, Ian M. Small, David Wright, Puneet Dwivedi
Summary: This study analyzes the sustainability of Carinata as a feedstock for renewable fuels, focusing on the supply chain perspective. It finds that a significant amount of land in the Southeastern United States is suitable for Carinata production, which can partially meet the demand for aviation fuel. The carbon intensity of Carinata-based sustainable aviation fuel is significantly lower than that of conventional aviation fuel, justifying the need for government subsidies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Stephen Kramer, Gurhan Andac, Joshua Heyne, Joseph Ellsworth, Peter Herzig, Kristin C. Lewis
Summary: The aviation sector is working towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions by developing reduced carbon aviation fuels. While current aircraft are designed around petroleum-based aviation kerosene, the industry aims to qualify and approve synthesized aviation fuel components. These components are not necessarily interchangeable with traditional aviation fuels and must be blended within approved limits for commercial aviation use. The sector also seeks to move towards using 100% synthesized aviation fuels that meet sustainability criteria. However, the development and assessment of these fuels will be separate from technical performance evaluations.
FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lina Martinez-Valencia, Steven Peterson, Kristin Brandt, Allyson Beall King, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Michael Wolcott
Summary: Aviation contributes to global warming through CO2 emissions, non-CO2 compound emissions, and aviation induced cloudiness. Developing and deploying sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is the most important measure to decarbonize the aviation sector. This study analyzes the impact of policies on the financial aspects, time required for positive net present value, investment risk, and regional supply development of SAF production using financial analysis and a system dynamics approach.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Ekrem Korkut, Lara B. Fowler
Summary: The United States is expanding its law and policy to incentivize the use of sustainable aviation fuels, relying on voluntary programs at federal, state, and regional levels. This contrasts with the more cohesive policies adopted by the European Union and European countries, which are important for U.S. carriers to track due to the international nature of aviation.
FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Thermodynamics
Arpit H. Bhatt, Yimin Zhang, Anelia Milbrandt, Emily Newes, Kristi Moriarty, Bruno Klein, Ling Tao
Summary: The increasing consumption and emissions of jet fuel worldwide have created the necessity for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technologies. One option is to use waste or biomass-based feedstocks, which can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional jet fuel. This study evaluates the implications of key variables on the deployment of SAF at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and finds that woody biomass-based Fischer-Tropsch technology has the lowest production costs and reduces GHG emissions by 86% compared to conventional jet fuel.
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Economics
Inge Mayeres, Stef Proost, Eef Delhaye, Philippe Novelli, Sjaak Conijn, Inmaculada Gomez-Jimenez, Daniel Rivas-Brousse
Summary: This paper evaluates the costs of different policies for promoting sustainable aviation fuels in the EU to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It compares the cost-effectiveness of these policies to simpler emission trading schemes like CORSIA. The results show that achieving a minimum share of sustainable aviation fuels in the EU is significantly more expensive than using a simpler emission trading mechanism.
Article
Thermodynamics
Mikhail A. Ershov, Vsevolod D. Savelenko, Nikita O. Burov, Uliana A. Makhova, Daria Y. Mukhina, David R. Aleksanyan, Vladimir M. Kapustin, Marina M. Lobashova, Alexander V. Sereda, Tamer M. M. Abdellatief, Ahmad Baroutaji, Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem
Summary: This article explores technologies for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from various raw materials, including by-products of the agricultural and food sectors. Biokerosene, produced from oil and fat and vegetable raw materials, is a high-quality low-carbon product. Additionally, the article proposes a technology for processing lignocellulosic raw materials using fast pyrolysis, delayed coking, and hydrocracking. However, the biokerosene obtained through this technology will require a certification procedure to meet existing specifications.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Deicy Maria Matos-Rios, Sergio Ivan Martinez-Guido, Jose Maria Ponce Ortega, Fernando Israel Gomez-Castro, Juan Fernando Garcia-Trejo, Claudia Gutierrez-Antonio
Summary: A mathematical model for the production and supply of renewable aviation fuel was proposed, using hydroprocessing inedible oils and renewable hydrogen production. The best economic scenario was identified through the Mexican airport network, showing increased profit and reduced CO2 emissions.
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Thermodynamics
Leonardo Colelli, Valentina Segneri, Claudia Bassano, Giorgio Vilardi
Summary: This study focuses on the production of synthetic kerosene using green H2 and CO2 from direct air capture. Two different process schemes, indirect and direct, are analyzed and evaluated. The cost of the product ranges from 460 to 1435 euros/bbl for the indirect process and from 752 to 2364 euros/bbl for the direct process.
ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Anna L. L. Oldani, Alexandra E. E. Solecki, Tonghun Lee
Summary: This study investigates the physicochemical variability of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) and provides relevant thermophysical property relations for conventional and alternative jet fuels, aiming to streamline the approval process and reduce the time and cost of introducing new SAF to the market.
FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Roberta Fusaro, Nicole Viola, Diego Galassini
Summary: This paper presents a new algorithm for estimating the environmental impact and fuel flow of future supersonic aircraft, with a focus on biofuels and blends. The algorithm has been validated and includes corrective factors for the latest developed biofuels.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Josanne-Dee Woodroffe, Benjamin G. Harvey
Summary: The sustainable, bio-based platform chemical 2,5-hexanedione was efficiently converted to methylcyclopentadiene through a three-step process involving intramolecular aldol condensation, catalytic chemoselective hydrogenation, and dehydration. This approach provides a new pathway for preparing high-performance fuels and polymers from sustainable feedstocks.
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Araceli Guadalupe Romero-Izquierdo, Fernando Israel Gomez-Castro, Salvador Hernandez, Claudia Gutierrez-Antonio
Summary: In the aviation sector, the production and use of renewable aviation fuel, particularly from the castor bean, shows great potential for sustainable development. This study proposes a biorefinery scheme to convert castor bean fruit into sustainable aviation fuel and other valuable products. The results indicate a high production of biojet fuel, but also highlight the need to reduce energy consumption for improved profitability.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DESIGN
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jieyi Liu, Junde Wei, Xiao Feng, Mingxia Song, Song Shi, Sibao Liu, Guozhu Liu
Summary: This study reports a bifunctional Ni/HZSM-5 catalyst that can directly convert polycarbonate (PC) plastic waste into sustainable aviation fuel-grade cycloalkanes under mild reaction conditions. With a high yield of 99.3% and 81.2% yield of C15 dicycloalkane. The realization of this process can be attributed to the cooperation between metal sites and acid centers on Ni/HZSM-5.
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
Tao Qiang, Jinwu Wang, Michael P. Wolcott
POLYMER-PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
(2018)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Yu Fu, Bon-Jae Gu, Jinwu Wang, Johnway Gao, Girish M. Ganjyal, Michael P. Wolcott
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Bon-Jae Gu, Jinwu Wang, Michael P. Wolcott, Girish M. Ganjyal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Materials Science, Paper & Wood
Lanxing Du, Tuhua Zhong, Michael P. Wolcott, Yang Zhang, Chusheng Qi, Boshi Zhao, Jinwu Wang, Zhiming Yu
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Vikram Ravi, Allan H. Gao, Natalie B. Martinkus, Michael P. Wolcott, Brian K. Lamb
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Forestry
Jinwu Wang, Johnway Gao, Kristin L. Brandt, Jinxue Jiang, Yalan Liu, Michael P. Wolcott
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Tao Qiang, Jinwu Wang, Michael P. Wolcott
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Abid H. Tanzil, Kristin Brandt, Michael Wolcott, Xiao Zhang, Manuel Garcia-Perez
Summary: The aviation industry has been studying strategies for producing sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) for over a decade, with a focus on detailed techno-economic analyses (TEA) of six SAF production technologies. Triglyceride-based Hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) emerged as the most economically competitive option, while lignocellulose-based technologies showed lower fuel yields and higher costs due to the high oxygen content of initial feedstock. Efforts are needed to improve SAF yields from lignocellulosic materials in order to achieve cost targets. Proposed integrated biomass/natural gas hybridized concepts could potentially result in more cost-effective SAF production.
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Tuhua Zhong, Michael P. Wolcott, Hang Liu, Jinwu Wang
Summary: The research developed a fabrication process using acidic ethanol/water as a medium to achieve homogeneous dispersion of chitin nanofibrils (ChNFs) in a chitin propionate (CP) solution, forming ChNF-reinforced CP nanocomposites. The use of acidified ethanol/water mixture resulted in clear and stable formulations with transparent properties and moderate UV-blocking capability. The ChNF-reinforced CP nanocomposites showed improved tensile strength, modulus, and maximum degradation temperature, indicating substantial reinforcing effects of ChNFs.
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
(2021)
Review
Agricultural Engineering
Lina Martinez-Valencia, Dane Camenzind, Mark Wigmosta, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Michael Wolcott
Summary: The production of renewable fuels is crucial in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, and the collection of raw materials for this production can provide additional benefits. However, there is a lack of comprehensive literature on equipment selection and cost estimation in supply chains for renewable fuels. This research aims to gather information necessary for constructing models that can drive the identification of feasible supply chains.
BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sudha Eswaran, Senthil Subramaniam, Scott Geleynse, Kristin Brandt, Michael Wolcott, Xiao Zhang
Summary: This study evaluates the economic feasibility of sustainable aviation fuel production and emphasizes the importance of technology and feedstock costs in price sensitivity. The Catalytic Hydrothermolysis (CH) pathway shows promise in converting renewable oils to SAF, but incentives are needed to achieve price parity with petroleum jet fuel.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sudha Eswaran, Senthil Subramaniam, Scott Geleynse, Kristin Brandt, Michael Wolcott, Xiao Zhang
Summary: This article provides a detailed analysis of the economics of Catalytic Hydrothermolysis (CH) as a viable pathway for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. The study includes techno-economic analysis, cost benefit analysis, and regression models to evaluate costs related to SAF production and co-products. The estimated costs for producing SAF, gasoline, and diesel from feedstocks such as carinata oil, soybean oil, yellow grease, and brown grease are also included in the data.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Fangjiao Ma, Ji Yun Lee, Dane Camenzind, Michael Wolcott
Summary: This paper presents a probabilistic framework for quantitatively assessing the impact of wildfire risk on supply chain networks. The research demonstrates that while wildfire damages to supply nodes are insignificant, total supply chain costs still increase considerably due to high unmet demand penalty and detours. Additionally, the study highlights the vulnerability of network configuration under wildfire risk.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Composites
Mohammadali Azadfar, Max R. Graham, Michael P. Wolcott
JOURNAL OF COMPOSITES SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
M. Genovese, F. Piraino, P. Fragiacomo
Summary: This research proposes the concept of a hydrogen valley in southern Italy, where hydrogen is produced centrally and delivered via fuel cell hybrid trains to refueling stations, providing transportation services. The analysis from both technical and economic perspectives shows that the cost of hydrogen and energy efficiency reached competitive levels, and hydrogen rail transport offers significant benefits in terms of emissions reduction and economic gains compared to conventional diesel trains and fully electric trains.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Miaomiao Liu, Payam Nejat, Pinlu Cao, Carlos Jimenez-Bescos, John Kaiser Calautit
Summary: This article provides a critical review of the performance of windcatchers, pointing out the current research gaps and issues, and proposing directions for further investigation and market prospects.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Solomon Boadu, Ebenezer Otoo
Summary: Despite Africa's vast energy resources, including wind energy, the continent faces challenges in developing its wind energy industry. Northern African countries and South Africa currently dominate the wind energy sector in Africa. To uplift Africa's socio-economic status, strong political will, supportive policies, and institutional frameworks are needed to drive the development of wind energy and overcome existing challenges.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
E. K. Grubbs, S. M. Gruss, V. Z. Schull, M. J. Gosney, M. V. Mickelbart, S. Brouder, M. W. Gitau, P. Bermel, M. R. Tuinstra, R. Agrawal
Summary: As the global population grows, the demand for food, energy, and water will increase significantly. However, limited land availability and competition for solar resources pose challenges to resource generation technologies. In the United States, both agriculture and solar energy production have adopted densification schemes to improve yields and energy output per unit of land. This research proposes an Agrivoltaic food and energy coproduction architecture that optimizes power generation while maintaining crop productivity by implementing ideal anti-tracking during critical growth periods. This technology offers a viable pathway for widespread solar implementation throughout the contiguous United States.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Han Shao, Rui Henriques, Hugo Morais, Elisabetta Tedeschi
Summary: The integration of offshore wind energy into the electric grid provides opportunities in terms of environmental sustainability and cost efficiency, but poses challenges to power quality. This survey offers a deeper understanding of disturbance detection and classification tools, exploring root causes, disturbance locations, and algorithmic solutions. It highlights synchronized waveform measurement and discusses evaluation metrics for detection and classification algorithms. Additionally, a novel system-wide monitoring framework is proposed.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Eleni Davidson, Yair Schwartz, Joe Williams, Dejan Mumovic
Summary: A continued upward trend in global greenhouse gas emissions poses risks to global infrastructure and built assets. Maintaining high indoor environmental quality standards is a challenge for higher education institutions under future climates. Passive cooling mechanisms may be insufficient to tolerate predicted temperature increases. Different building typologies have varying energy demand projections.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kexin Pang, Jian Zhou, Stamatis Tsianikas, David W. Coit, Yizhong Ma
Summary: This study proposes a new framework for long-term microgrid expansion planning, using deep reinforcement learning method to consider various uncertainties and constraints. The framework aims to enhance the effectiveness of microgrid expansion planning from the perspectives of economy, resilience, and greenhouse gas emission reduction.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jun Zhao, Kangyin Dong, Xiucheng Dong
Summary: The continuous growth of global electricity penetration has provided modern energy for alleviating energy poverty, but its impact on carbon neutrality has been overlooked. The research reveals that clean electricity from traditional fossil energy and renewable energy has a positive influence on the greenhouse effect. Eradicating energy poverty can effectively alleviate the greenhouse effect, especially in non-Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI) nations.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Hossein Shahbeik, Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi, Mona Dehhaghi, Gilles J. Guillemin, Alireza Fallahi, Homa Hosseinzadeh-Bandbafha, Hamid Amiri, Mohammad Rehan, Deepak Raikwar, Hannes Latine, Bruno Pandalone, Benyamin Khoshnevisan, Christian Sonne, Luigi Vaccaro, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Su Shiung Lam, Junting Pan, Rafael Luque, Bert Sels, Wanxi Peng, Meisam Tabatabaei, Mortaza Aghbashlo
Summary: This review explores the production of biocrude oil from biomass feedstocks through the process of hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). It discusses the impact of process parameters on the quality, quantity, cost, and environmental impacts of biofuels. The review also highlights the challenges and prospects for the future development of biocrude oil.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Meysam Majidi Nezhad, Mehdi Neshat, Georgios Sylaios, Davide Astiaso Garcia
Summary: Digital twins promise innovation for the marine renewable energy sector by using modern technological advances and the existing maritime knowledge frameworks. This research presents critical aspects of digital twin implementation challenges in marine energy digitalization approaches that use and combine data systems.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yeganeh Sharifian, Hamdi Abdi
Summary: This paper discusses the background and objectives of the multi-area economic dispatch problem, as well as various techniques and methods applied in this field. It also covers comprehensive formulations of the problem and important issues in the field of probabilistic MAED, along with some related concepts and suggestions.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
J. G. B. Churchill, V. B. Borugadda, A. K. Dalai
Summary: The increasing global energy demand and the need to reduce fossil fuel reliance have created a demand for renewable and sustainable fuel sources. This review explores the potential of tall oil, a by-product of the pulping industry, as a feedstock for biofuels. The review provides an overview of tall oil production, purification, and treatment, and investigates recent trends and barriers towards tall oil-derived biofuels.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
David C. Broadstock, Xiangnan Wang
Summary: This study provides a general review of research on district cooling, identifying key topics and themes and highlighting potential research priorities for future studies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
L. Scharnhorst, D. Sloot, N. Lehmann, A. Ardone, W. Fichtner
Summary: This study investigates and analyzes the barriers to demand response in industrial and commercial sectors, highlighting their significance. Concerns about diminished product quality, disruptions to production processes, human resource management, and revenue uncertainty are identified as the most frequently cited barriers. Overcoming these barriers requires bridging knowledge gaps, allocating sufficient resources, and adapting external incentives and policies.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Tong Feng, Yuechi Sun, Yating Shi, Jie Ma, Chunmei Feng, Zhenni Chen
Summary: Air pollution is a significant global challenge, and policymakers have implemented policies to reduce it. Evaluating the effectiveness of these policies is critical, and our study reveals trends and gaps in air pollution policy research. We found that research has shifted from focusing solely on air pollutants to including methodologies, policies, and health implications. China has emerged as a major contributor in this field of research.
RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS
(2024)
